NELAC standard

The NELAC standards serve as criteria for the National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (NELAP), which so far has operated on the... 

Because the NELAC standards are general, they require interpretation or clarification in certain areas of application. That is why the US DOD undertook a task of specifying some of these broad areas in definite terms in a manual that unifies laboratory requirements of the Navy, Air Force, and United States Army Corps of Engineers (DOD, 2000). This manual, titled Department of Defense Quality Systems Manual for Environmental Laboratories, is offered to the DOD representatives and contractors who design, implement, and oversee contracts with environmental laboratories. Currently, the three DOD branches implement their own laboratory accreditation programs with some reciprocity between the three a task force has been created to combine these programs into a single DOD accreditation process. 

Ms. Meronek was an active participant in the USEPA and NVLAP privatization of the proficiency testing program and in the early development of the NELAC standards. She is a founding and active member of the Chemical Reference Material Manufacturing Association (CRMMA) and is currently its president. 

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